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Old 26 October 2012, 09:11   #41
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Have you tried Direct Line? They were the cheapest I could find for a 17yr old in a Fiesta.
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Old 26 October 2012, 10:33   #42
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My daughter at 17 passed test followed by Pass plus. £3.5k to insure a 1.0 Micra. So we waited until she was 18 then £1050 to insure her own Peugeot 106 own policy with us as named drivers. This years renewal at 19 is £650 with 1years ncb. I don't think there are to many short cuts.
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Old 26 October 2012, 13:51   #43
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I wouldnt worry too much about the cost of insurance when you see how much your going to be spending on Kurust, new arches, new sill's etc. etc...

hope your a dab hand with a mig welder because if your not now....you will be

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The first time he has to change a bottom radiator hose, the damn thing will be up for sale
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Old 26 October 2012, 15:14   #44
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The first time he has to change a bottom radiator hose, the damn thing will be up for sale
Thermostat bypass hose wins it for me, but both are deal breakers. Your family inherited any double joints you must have developed PD?
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Old 26 October 2012, 15:56   #45
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Oh, I'd forgotten about the joys of the bottom hose and the by-pass hose.
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Old 26 October 2012, 16:31   #46
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Oh, I'd forgotten about the joys of the bottom hose and the by-pass hose.
Surely you must still have burn scars from unplanned roadside repairs? :-)
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Old 26 October 2012, 18:29   #47
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And a chassis that succumbs to tinworm like a '70s Lancia.
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Surely you must still have burn scars from unplanned roadside repairs? :-)
I would imagine a carpet would be more to blame than roadside repairs.
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Thermostat bypass hose wins it for me, but both are deal breakers. Your family inherited any double joints you must have developed PD?
Never actually owned a Mini meself. A mate used to have one & like a d1ckhead, I offerred to help him change the bottom hose one Saturday morning, which ran into Saturday afternoon..........Sunday morning...........Sunday afterno...............................
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Never actually owned a Mini meself. A mate used to have one & like a d1ckhead, I offerred to help him change the bottom hose one Saturday morning, which ran into Saturday afternoon..........Sunday morning...........Sunday afterno...............................
Good job it wasn't the hard shoulder of the M6 then :-)
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Good job it wasn't the hard shoulder of the M6 then :-)
Too right, I still carry the scars, physical & mental. Well, more mental actually
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Old 27 October 2012, 10:06   #52
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Even if you own it, if he's a named driver and crashes, they look at your circumstances. If you own another car and he doesn't, they start looking in to whether he was the main driver. They ask school if he parked there, they ask your work what you turn up in, its pretty simple. They prove he was the main driver and they don't pay. Happened to a friend of mine and it was only for a £350 claim!

To get cheap insurance for kids some firms are offering very cheap cover for a) driving only between set hours of say 7am an 7pm, work and school fine, but not evening "cruising" b) a black box camera installed that shows speed and the incident. You crash, they look to see why! Speeding? they don't pay. Fair enough really.
Having worked as a commercial fleet underwriter in an old life, I have heard some of the investigations that HP mentions if they can get out of paying the claim they will. Best option is to take out a policy where the lad is the main driver but they see the risk reduced by having older more experienced drivers on the same policy (mum and dad).

With regards to minis look great but when I was 17 was never allowed one as my mum worked in A&E the code used for a RTA involving a mini was we have a sardine can casuality. Their design although great not much crumple zone and the engine is too close to the passengers legs and head on accidents tend to result in an unfavourable outcome.

Although does nothing for their street cred. A supermarket car such as a Clio or fiesta is a better result, plus after a couple of years with their hopefully built up NCD they can get something better.
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Having worked as a commercial fleet underwriter in an old life, I have heard some of the investigations that HP mentions if they can get out of paying the claim they will. Best option is to take out a policy where the lad is the main driver but they see the risk reduced by having older more experienced drivers on the same policy (mum and dad).

With regards to minis look great but when I was 17 was never allowed one as my mum worked in A&E the code used for a RTA involving a mini was we have a sardine can casuality. Their design although great not much crumple zone and the engine is too close to the passengers legs and head on accidents tend to result in an unfavourable outcome.

Although does nothing for their street cred. A supermarket car such as a Clio or fiesta is a better result, plus after a couple of years with their hopefully built up NCD they can get something better.
Agreed, my old man new of a few people back in the 70's who lost their legs in head on crashes on minis. The engine etc just came straight through on to the legs.

Conversely a colleague recently had a 20tonne truck go up his bonnet and onto the roof of his 5 series. He managed to survive in the cocoon of the driver area. The roof came in but there was enough strength to keep him safe. You look at the car and think no way, but the design is awesome.
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Eldest son has just turned 17, so I have bought a decent little Fiesta for him. On a Learners only policy (Collingwood) we are paying £65 a month, and have got on-line quotes for when he passes his test in the region of £1000. Not great, but better than some are saying. Maybe it is due to living in the retirement quarter of Hampshire
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Eldest son has just turned 17, so I have bought a decent little Fiesta for him. On a Learners only policy (Collingwood) we are paying £65 a month, and have got on-line quotes for when he passes his test in the region of £1000. Not great, but better than some are saying. Maybe it is due to living in the retirement quarter of Hampshire
When my daughtert was interested in getting her license, we had a look round at options. I was going to build her a jeep Wrangler with a turbo diesel, but couldn't get any insurance for her at all until she was 25! The best quote was for a Morris minor through the Minor Owners Club, which I believe was around £500 per year capped to 10k miles per year.

Of course, she didn't want a Minor. So when I started getting quotes for other small cars, some of them were quite reasonable, whilst she was a learner (hence accompanied) but rocketed when she would pass her test. I don't think there is any such thing as reasonable insurance for youngsters.
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Out of curiosity how much is moped insurance?
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No good for you mate... your feet wont be able to touch the floor. :wink:
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I worked on a lot of minis in the 1960s during my apprenticeship , like everything else good ones and bad ones,as a point of intrest or maybe not Alec Issigonis who designed the mini, used to drink at the Trout Inn at Wolvercote in Oxford, his drinking partner at that time was my granddad.
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As a current owner of 2 classic minis im a little bias.
Value wise expect to pay in the region of £1500-£1800 for a road worthy mini.
Insurance for my Daughter 17 on a classic policy is £1700 with HIC insurance.This is with a stage 1 kit fitted,uprated brakes and alloy wheels all declared.
I also run a Vauxhaull power 1800cc mini as my summer toy all mods(and its a big list)declared and its £95 fully comp with agreed value of £5800.But then im old
Bypass hoses are not a problem just plug it off.Bottom hose is a 1hr job just take radiator out.
If you want to improve safety you could always mit later mpi doors and boot lid as they have impact bars in them.
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If you want to improve safety you could always mit later mpi doors and boot lid as they have impact bars in them.
That'll sort it ;-)
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